Senior Site Developer (WordPress Migration Expert)

📢 We’re Hiring: Senior Site Developer (WordPress Migration Expert)

📍 Immediate Joiner Required

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Senior Site Developer to lead a large-scale migration project from Contentful to WordPress. This role involves handling 5,000+ articles and associated media assets, ensuring a seamless migration with zero downtime and strong SEO preservation.

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Key Responsibilities

🔹 Migration & Development

• Design and implement a robust migration plan for 5,000+ articles & media assets (Contentful → WordPress).

• Configure CPTs, ACF, templates in WordPress to match existing layouts.

• Write custom scripts/tools for bulk migration & automation (Node.js/PHP/Python).

• Build scalable, SEO-friendly WordPress themes with improved performance.

🔹 Quality Assurance & Launch

• Coordinate content freezes & delta migrations.

• Perform QA across URLs, templates, redirects, and site functionality.

• Execute 301 redirects & validate SEO preservation.

• Manage DNS switchover ensuring zero downtime.

🔹 Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work with SEO/analytics teams to maintain taxonomy & search traffic.

• Communicate risks & trade-offs to technical/non-technical stakeholders.

• Provide post-launch support, monitoring, and optimization.

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Qualifications

✅ Required

• 8+ years professional web development (strong WordPress engineering).

• Led at least one full-scale migration from Contentful (or similar CMS) to WordPress.

• Expertise in PHP, JavaScript (React/Next.js), HTML5, CSS3, WordPress APIs.

• Strong experience with ACF, CPTs, custom theme dev, migration scripting.

• Solid knowledge of SEO best practices & performance optimization.

• Familiarity with Git/GitHub, CI/CD, AWS/GCP/WP Engine.

💡 Preferred

• Experience with large-scale sites (5,000+ URLs).

• Knowledge of Contentful APIs & data models.

• Prior work in agile setups with PM/QA teams.

• Strong problem-solving, detail-oriented, thrives under tight deadlines.

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📩 How to Apply

Send your CV with subject line “Application – Senior Site Developer” to: info@designcorporation.co.in